Candy
by Southern, Terry and Hoffenberg, Mason
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Evanston, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A scarce first U.S. printing of this novel (first published under a pseudonym in Paris in the late 50s for Olympia Press, the well known erotica publisher). After its publication, someone reviewed it as a parody of Candide, at which Hoffenberg was taken by surprise. "Right away I went back to read Voltaire, to see if he was right. That's what happens to you. It's as if you vomit in the gutter and everybody starts saying it's the greatest new art form, so you go back to see it, and, by God, you have to agree." So it's got that going for it, which is nice. This is a true first printing of the U.S. edition, mostly purple cloth boards with an inch or two of black at the board edge. Gilt title on spine. Top edge stained red, with no statement of printing. Jacket is not price clipped ($5 with the code 0464 at the bottom of the flap), and is the first state, with a James Jones blurb rather than one from Nelson Algren that replaced it in later printings. Some small tears to jacket and light surface soil, otherwise quite good. In protective mylar
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- Bookseller
- Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003756
- Title
- Candy
- Author
- Southern, Terry and Hoffenberg, Mason
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Pages
- 224
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"- 9&fr
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Erotica;
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About the Seller
Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books
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Evanston, Illinois
About Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books
Sleepyside Books specializes in Modern First Editions, Rare Children's titles and Juvenile Series. It is run by two long-time collectors who place great importance on quality, value and condition. We have much inventory that has not yet been cataloged (especially the juvenile series books) so please call or email if you're looking for something special!
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Blurb
- The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- G
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